Westbrook police are investigating a New Year's Eve robbery at a convenience store where a man threatened the store owner with a knife before grabbing cash from the register.Police were called to Art's Variety at 158 Spring St. around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for a robbery. Police said a man wearing a green hooded coat and a scarf over his face approached the counter and ordered the owner to hand over money from the cash register.The robber threatened the owner with a knife, police said. A surveillance video from the store shows the robber telling the owner to give him money. When the owner asks, "Are you serious?", the robber replies, "Yeah, let's go. Give it to me now."When the owner does not act fast enough, the robber leans over and grabs the money from the drawer before running out of the store.A K-9 team tracked the suspect a short distance before losing the scent, police said.Police said they decided to release the video in hopes of generating tips from the public about the robber's identity.

WESTBROOK, Maine —

Westbrook police are investigating a New Year's Eve robbery at a convenience store where a man threatened the store owner with a knife before grabbing cash from the register.

Police were called to Art's Variety at 158 Spring St. around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for a robbery. Police said a man wearing a green hooded coat and a scarf over his face approached the counter and ordered the owner to hand over money from the cash register.

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The robber threatened the owner with a knife, police said. A surveillance video from the store shows the robber telling the owner to give him money. When the owner asks, "Are you serious?", the robber replies, "Yeah, let's go. Give it to me now."

When the owner does not act fast enough, the robber leans over and grabs the money from the drawer before running out of the store.

A K-9 team tracked the suspect a short distance before losing the scent, police said.

Police said they decided to release the video in hopes of generating tips from the public about the robber's identity.